Christine

By ALICE CHOLMONDELEY

Cloth, 12mo., $1.25

“A book which is true in essentials—­so
real that one is tempted to doubt whether it is fiction
at all—­doubly welcome and doubly important....
It would be difficult indeed to find a book in which
the state of mind of the German people is pictured
so cleverly, with so much understanding and convincing
detail.... Intelligent, generous, sweet-natured,
broadminded, quick to see and to appreciate all that
is beautiful either in nature or in art, rejoicing
humbly over her own great gift, endowed with a keen
sense of humour, Christine’s is a thoroughly
wholesome and lovable character. But charming
as Christine’s personality and her literary
style both are, the main value of the book lies in
its admirably lucid analysis of the German mind.”—­New
York Times.

“Absolutely different from preceding books of
the war. Its very freedom and girlishness of
expression, its very simplicity and open-heartedness,
prove the truth of its pictures.”—­New
York World.

“A luminous story of a sensitive and generous
nature, the spontaneous expression of one spirited,
affectionate, ardently ambitious, and blessed with
a sense of humour.”—­Boston Herald.

“The next time some sentimental old lady of
either sex, who ’can’t see why we have
to send our boys abroad,’ comes into your vision,
and you know they are too unintelligent (they usually
are) to understand a serious essay, try to trap them
into reading ‘Christine.’ If you succeed
we know it will do them good.”—­Town
and Country.